Vestas Casting Magdeburg GmbH

1 Welcome

Introduction of Vestas to Renk AG – Mr. Grotschulte Vestas Castings and Machining to be No 1in the following:- Safety – Zero Quality – 6 Sigma Delivery - allow flexibility in the supply chain Cost - To offer the best value at the lowest cost. Commitment – Casting 6000 Tonnes allocated to External Customers from Magdeburg Jochen Höfer Vice President Claudia Gründel Internal Sales Our Mission

Foundry Dates Establishement: Maschinenfabrik Buckau Wolf Since 2004 Vestas Castings Magdeburg GmbH 120 employees t possible tonnage per year

Vestas Castings Magdeburg (VCM), formerly Eisengießerei Magdeburg, became a subsidiary of Vestas in 2004 and is now a part of Vestas Castings Group AS under Vestas Nacelles A/S VCM is one of four foundries at Vestas (Germany, Sweden, Norway and China) The number of employees is app. 120 of which app. 80 work in the production Vestas Castings Magdeburg (VCM)

VCM is certified according to DIN ISO 9002, 14001, and manufactures: hubs torque arms brake discs bearing houses base frames main shafts for wind turbines up to 3 MW. VCM works with cast items ranging from 50 kg to 14 tons and owns a modern electro-melting facility with a fast 4 tons medium-frequency facility and two 10 tons power frequency induction ovens

Vestas Castings Magdeburg (VCM) VCM works on an ongoing basis to improve and optimise all processes to the benefit of the environment as well as the employees: To improve the situation regarding noise and dust in the knock-out area, the construction of a new state-of-the-art knockout area with a shake-out grid in a soundproofed and ventilated cabin was finished in In 2008 the alcohol-based coating was substituted with a water-based coating system to reduce the risks to health and safety and to cut environmental impact

Our Capabilities – Castings Casting Size Max 5m x 5m x 5m Weight Tonnes Material Specification Nodular Cast Iron EN & EN Historic Markets Serviced by Vestas Castings Group Transport Products Wind Energy Design for manufacturing Magma soft programs Hybrid Cooling Systems Full Inspection capability to Vestas TPS Ver 4

Magdeburg & the global footprint 9 Europe Germany – Magdeburg

2 The Foundry

c melting shop filling area large castings mixer drying oven drying oven shake out coating assembly area large castings assembly area small castings filling small castings mixer warehouse

raw material store melting shop – charging floore filling area large castings

assembly area large castings drying chambers shake out area shake out station

4 Quality Assurance

Production Inspection Instructions The Check List Standardised globally Full traceability Sand Flow chart Testing of new sand Evaluation of sintering point Sieve analysis, LOI, Moisture, Leco for sand Bending test Compression test Calculation of theoretical specific surface for sand Test of sand pH-value Deviations and corrective actions Incoming Inspection Steel scrap Pre-pouring temperature measurement Sulphur Content Test - sand New Sand Incoming Inspection Sand Sample Collection Points Moisture Content Test Sieve Analysis Test Loss On Ignition Test pH Value Test Bending test Compression test Sintering Point Test Incoming Inspection Pig iron Binder & Hardener Incoming Inspection Mould and core coatings Mixing and Testing Periodical Inspection of Mouldboxes and Lifting Points Control and Criteria for Disposal of Mouldbox Components/Lifting Points Periodic Inspection - Overview Heavy Section Test Block Metallographic Examination

Quality Control Closed Loop This assists in operating at 5.4 Sigma

Sand Saving & Cooling Time reduction Hybrid Cooling Grids Hollow Core System